The SSV Jahn Regensburg II is the

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SSV Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn, is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club plays their home games at Jahnstadion Regen ...

from the city of

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. The team's currently plays in the southern division of the

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, the fifth tier of the

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It first played in the Bayernliga in 1962–63, with the league then being the third tier of the league system.

History

The reserve team of Jahn Regensburg first rose to prominence when it played at the highest Bavarian level, then the tier three

, for a season in 1962–63, courtesy to a title in the 2nd Amateurliga Niederbayern in 1962. The side then played under the name of SSV Jahn Regensburg Amateure and came thirteenth in the southern division of the league and was immediately relegated as the league was reduced from two to one division that season. With the decline of the senior team which was relegated from the tier two 2nd Oberliga Süd to the Bayernliga in 1963 the reserve side quickly disappeared into regional football again.Bayernliga tables
Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv, accessed: 30 August 2014 The team returned to Bayernliga level in 2002 when it took up the spot of SG Post/Süd Regensburg in the league, the later having joined Jahn that year, now playing as Jahn Regensburg II as the senior team was not a professional side anymore. The team finished in mid-table for the next four seasons in this league but was forced to step down to the

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in 2006 after the senior team itself had been relegated to the Bayernliga once more. While the first team returned to the Regionalliga Süd immediately the following year ''Jahn II'' spend the next six seasons in the Landesliga. The last three of those the team came close to promotion on each occasion but it took until 2012 for the side to move up to the Bayernliga again. With the later league expanded once more to two divisions the team was grouped in the southern one for the first season. In 2013 the side was then transferred to the northern division where it played for three seasons until 2016 when it moved back to the south.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

(IV) ** Runners-up: 2011 * 2nd Amateurliga Niederbayern (IV) ** Champions: 1962

Cup

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** Winners:

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* Oberpfalz Cup ** Winners: 2004

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Fussball.de – Ergebnisse
Tables and results of all German football leagues *With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the

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s in 1994 and the

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in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the

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as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the

was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onwards were elevated one tier.

Key

References

External links

Official website

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables
Manfreds Fussball Archiv
Tables and results from the Bavarian amateur leagues
Jahn Regensburg II at Weltfussball.de
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